Test 2 · ★ · The Cossacks, the Sich and the Hetmanate
Danylo's crushed cos the teacher called the sultan letter fake. What's the wise thing to say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Danylo, wise thing · What happens: crush, call, be, say · To what, where: Danylo, letter fake · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 44 «The Cossacks, the Sich and the Hetmanate» of the history course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: Danylo's crushed cos the teacher called the sultan letter fake.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danylo | Danylo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 called | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Danylo | case |
| 3 | crushed | crush | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Danylo | acl |
| 4 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 6 teacher | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 teacher | det |
| 6 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 crushed | obl |
| 7 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 fake | det |
| 9 | sultan | sultan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 letter | compound |
| 10 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 fake | compound |
| 11 | fake | fake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 called | xcomp |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 called | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crush | participle | Danylo not said here | cos the teacher | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | call | past | Danylo | the letter fake | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: What's the wise thing to say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 thing | det |
| 4 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 thing | amod |
| 5 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 say | mark |
| 7 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 thing | acl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the wise thing | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | to-infinitive | the wise thing not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Repin never painted it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Repin | repin | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 painted | advmod |
| 3 | painted | paint | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Repin | advcl |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 painted | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | repin | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not paint | past | you not said here | it | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination |
Option 2
Forget it, it is worthless
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forget | forget | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Forget | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Forget | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 worthless | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 worthless | cop |
| 6 | worthless | worthless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Forget | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | imperative | you not said here | it | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | worthless property | tree rules |
Option 3
It's 100% real, the sultan cried
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 real | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 real | cop |
| 3 | 100 | 100 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 % | nummod |
| 4 | % | % | SYM | Number=Sing | 5 real | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 cried | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sultan | det |
| 8 | sultan | sultan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cried | nsubj |
| 9 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 real | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | real property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | cry speech: express | past | the sultan | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The painting and story are real culture; the letter's history is doubtful
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 painting | det |
| 2 | painting | painting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 culture | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 story | cc |
| 4 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 painting | conj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 culture | cop |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 culture | amod |
| 7 | culture | culture | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 doubtful | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 letter | det |
| 10 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 history | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 letter | case |
| 12 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 doubtful | nsubj |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 doubtful | cop |
| 14 | doubtful | doubtful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 culture | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the painting and story | real culture | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the letter's history | doubtful property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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